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Giappone
Son looks to listing to plug SoftBank’s $22 billion valuation gap
Masayoshi Son’s promises of a turnaround for his U.S. operations and a record share buyback have not been enough to erase SoftBank Group Corp.’s $22 billion valuation gap. The billionaire founder has at least one more card to play — listing the company’s domestic telecommunications business. SoftBank has a market ...
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USA Giappone
Five million new Takata recalls ordered in Japan
The transport ministry has ordered the nation’s automakers to make further recalls of vehicles fitted with Takata Corp. air bag inflators of the kind being replaced in the United States, ministry officials said Tuesday. The instruction made by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism could result in a ...
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Giappone Regno Unito
Japan’s financial regulator to scrutinize banks’ stress tests
The nation’s financial regulator is stepping up oversight of its biggest banks while stopping well short of imposing the type of intrusive stress tests that have been adopted in the U.S. and Europe. Unlike the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which conduct annual examinations of the large banks ...
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Giappone
Hyperloop super-fast rail to hit milestone with Las Vegas demonstration
Elon Musk’s vision of a Hyperloop transport system that carries passengers in pressurized tubes at near-supersonic speeds is on track to hit a milestone on Tuesday. Musk outlined his futuristic idea in a paper released in 2013, challenging innovators to bring the dream to life. Hyperloop Technologies, one of the ...
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Giappone
Bereaved father finds solace in figurine of daughter
A father’s grief over the loss of his daughter has spawned a new industry: figurines of deceased relatives made with 3-D printing. The work of an Osaka-based printing company, the models are already proving popular and are helping families recover from bereavement. A plaster figure of a young, lively girl ...
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Abu Dhabi issues $5bn bonds as it seeks to gap budget deficit
Department of Finance chief says bonds were oversubscribed, with over 600 orders exceeding $17bn
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Repubblica Ceca
Repubblica Ceca - Nuove linee guida per attrarre investimenti
Il governo della Repubblica Ceca ha presentato le nuove linee guida per attrarre investimenti nel Paese. Le normative non escludono dagli incentivi le grandi aziende estere presenti nel paese e stabiliscono agevolazioni per gli investitori esteri. Queste saranno rivolte a nuovi progetti strategici nel...
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Grecia
La Grecia affronta una nuova stagione di negoziati sul debito
E così la Grecia è tornata. Non la Grecia dei profughi che sbarcano a Lesbo e della tendopoli di Idomeni. È tornata la Grecia del debito pubblico al 182 per cento del pil, degli infiniti negoziati con la troika, delle manifestazioni contro l’austerità e del rischio di uscita dall’eurozona. Leggi
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Francia
In Francia il governo vuole approvare la riforma del lavoro senza passare dal parlamento.
In Francia il governo vuole approvare la riforma del lavoro senza passare dal parlamento. Una riunione d’emergenza dell’esecutivo ha autorizzato il primo ministro Manuel Valls a ricorrere a un articolo della costituzione che permette al governo di blindare la controversa riforma del lavoro, che è bloccata in parlamento. In questo ...
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